European Union Metropolitan Areas:
Central City & Suburban Work Trip Travel Times

HIGHLIGHTS          
69 Metropolitan Areas: One way trips by residents    
Suburban work trips take less than central work trips in 51 cases  
Suburban work trips and central city work trips take the same time in 8 cases.
Suburban work trips take more time than central city work trips in 10 cases
Overall, suburban work trips average 3.8 minutes less than central city work trips.
           
ONE-WAY WORK TRIP TRAVEL TIME BY RESIDENTS  
Nation Metropolitan Area Central City Suburbs Metropolitan Area Year
Belgium Antwerp 31 33 32 1991
Belgium Brussels 33 37 35 1991
Belgium Leige 32 31 31 1991
Germany Augsburg 24 21 22 2001
Germany Berlin 31 28 30 2001
Germany Bielefeld 21 18 19 2001
Germany Dresden 30 26 28 2001
Germany Dusseldorf 24 24 24 2001
Germany Erfurt 25 25 25 2001
Germany Essen 24 24 24 2001
Germany Frankfurt 24 25 25 2001
Germany Frieberg 19 19 19 2001
Germany Hamburg 27 27 27 2001
Germany Hanover 22 25 24 2001
Germany Karlsruhe 21 21 21 2001
Germany Koln 25 25 25 2001
Germany Leipzig 28 24 26 2001
Germany Magdeburg 25 23 24 2001
Germany Munich 25 27 26 2001
Germany Nurnburg 22 24 23 2001
Ireland Dublin 29 33 32 2001
Italy Bari 23 17 18 1991
Italy Bologne 22 17 19 1991
Italy Cagliari 21 20 20 1991
Italy Cantania 24 20 21 1991
Italy Casserta 32 20 21 1991
Italy Florence 23 17 19 1991
Italy Genoa 27 20 25 1991
Italy Milan 32 22 25 1991
Italy Naples 33 23 26 1991
Italy Palermo 22 20 21 1991
Italy Perugia 19 14 15 1991
Italy Reggio de Calabria 20 19 19 1991
Italy Rome 35 29 33 1991
Italy Taranto 23 18 20 1991
Italy Turin 25 20 22 1991
Italy Venice 29 18 22 1991
Italy Vernoa 18 14 15 1991
Netherlands Amsterdam 38 34 36 2001
Netherlands Haarlem 22 22 22 2001
Netherlands Hague 34 27 30 2001
Netherlands Rotterdam 33 28 30 2001
Netherlands Utrecht 38 32 33 2001
Portugal Lisbon 41 28 31 2001
Portugal Porto 36 24 27 2001
Spain Barcelona 27 23 24 2001
Spain Madrid 32 34 33 2001
Spain Malaga 23 16 19 2001
Spain Murcia 18 17 17 2001
Spain Seville 23 20 21 2001
Spain Toledo 18 20 20 2001
Spain Valencia 22 17 19 2001
Spain Zaragoza 23 16 21 2001
Sweden Goteborg 23 18 21 2001
Sweden Malmo 20 18 19 2001
Sweden Stockholm 30 25 27 2001
United Kingdom Belfast 18 27 23 2001
United Kingdom Birmingham 33 24 28 2001
United Kingdom Bristol 29 24 26 2001
United Kingdom Cardiff 26 21 23 2001
United Kingdom Edinburgh 28 23 26 2001
United Kingdom Glasgow 31 24 26 2001
United Kingdom Leeds 29 22 24 2001
United Kingdom Leicester 25 19 21 2001
United Kingdom Liverpool 29 22 24 2001
United Kingdom London 43 27 37 2001
United Kingdom Manchester 34 24 26 2001
United Kingdom Newcastle 28 24 25 2001
United Kingdom Sheffield 26 21 23 2001
Average   26.8 23.0 24.4  
           
Source: European Union Urban Audit (http://www.urbanaudit.org/index.aspx)
Sample: All EC Urban Audit metropolitan areas (LUZ) with more than 500,000 population for which data is available.

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